Echinus (Acarnania)
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Echinus or Echinos (Greek: Εχῖνος) was an ancient Greek town of Acarnania.[1] Legend has it that it was founded by a Greek mythological figure named Echinus.[2] It is mentioned by the poet Rhianus, and appears in the list of cities of Acarnania transmitted by Pliny the Elder, who places it between Heraclea and Actium.[3] The site of Echinus is near the modern town of Vonitsa, probably the kastro (or castle) of Profitis Elias.[4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Hansen & Nielsen 2004, p. 359.
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- "Ἐχῖνος, πόλις Ἀκαρνανἰας, Ἐχίνου κτίσμα. Ῥιανὸς Ἐχίονος ἄστυ ταύτην εἶπεν. ὁ πολίτης Ἐχιναῖος ὡς χέρσος χερσαῖος καὶ Ἄπειρος Ἀπειραῖος Κύφος Κυφαῖος. καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἐχιναῖος Ἐχιναιεύς ὡς Κρηταῖος Κρηταιεύς. τίνες δὲ Ἐχινοῦντα φασὶ τὴν αὐτήν."
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.1.5.
- "Acarnaniae, quae antea Curetis vocabatur, oppida: Heraclia, Echinus et in ore ipso colony Augusti Actium cum temple Apollinis nobili ac civitate libera Nicopolitana."
- ^ Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 54, and directory notes accompanying.
- ^ Perlman 2000, p. 119.
Sources
- Hansen, Mogens Herman; Nielsen, Thomas Heine (2004). An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198140991.
- Perlman, Paula Jean (2000). City and Sanctuary in Ancient Greece: The Theorodokia in the Peloponnese. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. ISBN 3-525-25218-8.
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